Joseph schilling



(No Model.)

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\ No, 432,769. Patented July z2, 1890.

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JOSEPH SOHILLING, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLESH. GRIS\VOLD AND J OIIN BOYD, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Of Letters Patent N0. 432,769, dated July22, 1890.

Application Iiled December 26, 1889. Serial No. 335,070. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SCHILLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Stretchers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full,`

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon,forming part of this specilication.

My invention consists in the improvements in carpet-stretchershereinafter set forth and explainedLand illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improvedcarpet-stretcher. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofsame on the line tc in Fig. l.

The objects of my invention are, iirst, to construct the drag or padportion of a carpetstretcher of the type shown with a toothed plate forengaging with the carpet secured to the front end thereof at a suitableangle to engage with the carpet, so that it may be raised orlowered,'according to the thickness of the carpet to' be operated upon,and, second, to construct the knee-cushion frame of such a stretcher oftwo sections hinged together and having the rear end of one sectionthereof hinged to the rear end of the frame, so that the stretcher isadapted to be operated either by means of downward pressure of the kneeor by pressure applied to the rear portion of the cushion when in araised position.

Other features of my invention appear hereinafter in the specificationand claims.

In the construction of my improved carpetstretch er shown, A is anordinary staff having a sharp spike a in the lower end thereof, to whichstaff A is coupled a short chain B, having a hook h on the end thereofadapted to be hooked into an eye O on the front end Dof the drag or pad.The frame E of the drag or pad is made preferably in the form of ashallow rectangularbox, having the front end D considerably higher thanthe sides e.

This front end D is inclined backward from grecs, and on the frontthereof is a plate F,

having sharp serrated teeth f on the lower edge thereof, this plate Fbeing provided with vertical slots g g, through which bolts G G passinto the front D of the frame, by lneans whereof the toothed plate F canbe raised or lowered, so that the teeth f thereon will project more orless below the bottom of the drag or pad, according to the thickness ofthe carpet to be stretched.

At the rearend d of the pad-frame E, I hinge the rear end of thecushion-frame II I-I, this cushion-frame being hinged together near itscenter by means of hinges h, so that the rear portion II can be raisedto an upright position, the front end I of the portion H' thereof thenyengaging with. a transverse stop J, secured across the inside of thebottom of the frame E, so that the portion II thereof is held in anupright position. When so adjusted, the hook b on the chain B can bedetached from the eye C and the staff A laid aside, and the pad or dragcan be pushed forward by placing the knee of the operator against thecushion K on the portion H of the cushion-frame; but when the pad ordrag is used in connection with the staff A and the chain B thecushion-frame H H is laid down upon the bottom of the inside of the pador drag frame E, as shown in Fig. 2, and the foot or knee used thereonwhile it is drawn forward by means of the staff A and chain B. It willthus be observed that by my construction of the pad or drag of thecarpetstretcher I am enabled to operate it with either the staff A andchain B or without them.

Having thus described my invention so as to enable others to make anduse the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is-

l. The combination, in a carpet-stretcher, of a pad or drag frame havingan inclined toothed pate adjustably secured to the front end thereof,andaknee-cushion framehinged to the rear end of said drag-frame,constructed of two sections hinged together, with a dragchain secured'to the upper edge of the raised portion of the front end of thedrag-frame IOC) and a spiked staff secured to the other end of saiddrag-chain, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a carpet-stretcher pad or drag, of an inclinedserrated toothed plate adjustably secured to the front end of the pado1' drag frame, With a cushion-frame constructed of sections hingedtogether and to the rear of the pad ordrag frame, and stops iu the baseof the pad or drag frarneadapted to engage with the end of the frontsection of the cushion-frame when the rear section of the said frame israised to annpright position, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

JOSEPH SCHLLING.

Witnesses:

LOUIS ALBRACHT, Jr., JOHN S. RILLING.

